Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta


Family Emydidae

Description:
Less than 10" carapace length. Carapace green or brownish, with yellow borders around each shield. Yellow streaks on head, neck, and limbs.
Elevation Range:
Below 6000' in eastern Colorado; up to 7300' in southwestern Colorado.
Subspecies in Colorado:
Chrysemys picta bellii
  Painted Turtle
Photo from Hammerson, 1986.
Used with permission.
         
CountyRef. CountyRef. CountyRef. CountyRef.
AdamsH Dolores  La PlataH Pitkin 
Alamosa  DouglasH Lake  ProwersH
ArapahoeRHS2 Eagle  LarimerH PuebloH
ArchuletaH El PasoH Las AnimasSB1 Rio Blanco 
BacaH ElbertH LincolnH Rio Grande 
BentEB2 FremontH LoganH Routt 
BoulderH Garfield  MesaLJL8
Note7
Saguache 
Chaffee  Gilpin  Mineral  San Juan * 
CheyenneH Grand  Moffat  San Miguel 
Clear Creek  Gunnison  Montezuma  SedgwickH
Conejos  Hinsdale *  Montrose  Summit 
Costilla  Huerfano *  MorganH Teller * 
CrowleyHMS16 Jackson  Otero *  WashingtonH
Custer *  JeffersonH Ouray  WeldH
DeltaMJ1
Note6
Kiowa *  Park  YumaH
DenverH Kit CarsonH PhillipsRLH2
Map of Colorado
Color Key
Adams Alamosa Arahapoe Archuleta Baca Bent Boulder Chaffee Cheyenne Clear Creek Conejos Costilla Crowley Custer Delta Denver Dolores Douglas Eagle El Paso Elbert Fremont Garfield Gilpin Grand Gunnison Hinsdale Huerfano Jackson Jefferson Kiowa Kit Carson La Plata Lake Larimer Las Animas Lincoln Logan Mesa Mineral Moffat Montezuma Montrose Morgan Otero Ouray Park Phillips Pitkin Prowers Pueblo Rio Blanco Rio Grande Routt Saguache San Juan San Miguel Sedgewick Summit Teller Washington Weld Yuma